I just found out Monday afternoon that we have to call an automated system the day before taking an FMLA day. Has anyone else heard this?
I have never used the automated system and have no intention of using it. Now if they want to make that my official call in, so be it.
This is someone in your areas idea to try and curb FMLA use. Unfortunately for this dumbas$ they have violated federal law as well as established policies both inside and outside the company.
First and foremost unless EVERY other type of call in is required to do the same, and we know they aren't before we even go any further, then this is a discriminatory practice and a violation of the law. Period.
Two. How does a FMLA recipient know 24 hours in advance of every need for its use? Impossible. FMLA users are only required to follow the very same call in procedures that other call in's use. Period. That is taken directly from UPS paperwork given to each employee when they are approved for FMLA. Even then, if an emergency need arises, one only has to inform the company AS SOON AS KNOWN OR AS POSSIBLE.
If I was in your area I would only follow the same call in procedures as before and DARE them to take disciplinary action. It not only opens the company to numerous complaints but also to lawsuits both against the company but also the individual issuing the discipline as well.
This needs to be cut off at the knees NOW. File a complaint with the DOL, EEOC, Corporate, as well as possibly having the affected FMLA users chip in and having an attorney prepare a cease and desist letter to be sent to corporate on down.
U.S. Department of Labor - Find It By Topic - Leave Benefits - FMLA
Prohibited Practices
You posted a letter from 2009, the process changed as of April 2, 2012.
This is someone in your areas idea to try and curb FMLA use. Unfortunately for this dumbas$ they have violated federal law as well as established policies both inside and outside the company.
First and foremost unless EVERY other type of call in is required to do the same, and we know they aren't before we even go any further, then this is a discriminatory practice and a violation of the law. Period.
Two. How does a FMLA recipient know 24 hours in advance of every need for its use? Impossible. FMLA users are only required to follow the very same call in procedures that other call in's use. Period. That is taken directly from UPS paperwork given to each employee when they are approved for FMLA. Even then, if an emergency need arises, one only has to inform the company AS SOON AS KNOWN OR AS POSSIBLE.
If I was in your area I would only follow the same call in procedures as before and DARE them to take disciplinary action. It not only opens the company to numerous complaints but also to lawsuits both against the company but also the individual issuing the discipline as well.
This needs to be cut off at the knees NOW. File a complaint with the DOL, EEOC, Corporate, as well as possibly having the affected FMLA users chip in and having an attorney prepare a cease and desist letter to be sent to corporate on down.
U.S. Department of Labor - Find It By Topic - Leave Benefits - FMLA
Prohibited Practices
You posted a letter from 2009, the process changed as of April 2, 2012.
I posted the letter, which has remained the same every year, to point out the call in paragraph. 09 was simply the first scanned copy I came to.
The policy of notification has remained the same:
"Advance Notification
Employees must submit all FMLA leave requests to the Human Resources Service Center (HRSC) and will be required to complete a Request for Family/Medical Leave form. Employees must provide 30 days advance notice of the need to take FMLA leave when the need is foreseeable. If the leave is unforeseeable, the employee must provide notice as soon as practicable.
Employees must notify UPS of the anticipated timing and duration of the leave. Employees must comply with UPS’s call-in procedures and must clearly inform UPS that the requested absence is for a reason for which FMLA leave was previously taken or certified."
I just found out Monday afternoon that we have to call an automated system the day before taking an FMLA day. Has anyone else heard this?
I think you were given some bad information. You should call the HRSC number as soon as you can to let them know you have used FMLA and you must call when you return. If you do not then the management team will call the HRSC and inform them. How do we know if you called? We get an email from HRSC informing us of your absence/return. Hope this helps. Dragon
I think you were given some bad information. You should call the HRSC number as soon as you can to let them know you have used FMLA and you must call when you return. If you do not then the management team will call the HRSC and inform them. How do we know if you called? We get an email from HRSC informing us of your absence/return. Hope this helps. Dragon
FMLA was created to give people long periods of time off for special circumstances. If your using is to get a day off here or there your abusing the system.
FMLA was created to give people long periods of time off for special circumstances. If your using is to get a day off here or there your abusing the system.
There is nothing in the paperwork about calling when you return. Also I believe this new policy is for intermittent leave only.
DislikeFMLA was created to give people long periods of time off for special circumstances. If your using is to get a day off here or there your abusing the system.